The Emblem of Valor Quartermaster Magister Brasaer (Horde) may be found in Dalaran at the Sunreaver’s Sanctuary (on the second floor up the large ramp). The Alliance version may be found at the Silver Enclave (second floor). Both quartermasters don’t have a tabard, or give reputation.

You may obtain Emblems of Valor from bosses in 25-player raid dungeons such as Obsidian Sanctuary (located at the basement of Wyrmrest Temple in Dragonblight) and Naxxramas (eastern Dragonblight) at level 80.

The Emblem of Valor Quartermaster sells: Bracers, Boots, Back, rings and two items of the Lost Conqueror set. Check them out.

The Fur and Leather Trader Braeg Stoutbeard may be found in Dalaran at the Magus Commerce Exchange (on the street). He is not a quartermaster nor represents any faction. You simply bring fur or leather from Northrend beasts and he will trade you the leatherworking recipes shown below.

The Ebon Blade Quartermaster Duchess Mynx may be found at the Shadow Vault—building found at the northwestern corner of the Icecrown Glacier region. However, you won’t see the Ebon Blade NPCs there. Blizzard uses phasing quest system technology to unlock it. Talk to Koltiras (death knight) at the Orgrim’s Hammer (The Horde gunship) or Thassarian (Alliance gunship). They start a quest to infiltrate and turn to the Ebon Blade’s cause three Scourge NPCs who will help you later to kill the Shadow Vault leader General Lightsbane. Once you have killed General Lightsbane, return to the Gunship. The death knight will ask you to return to Shadow Vault. When you return, the Shadow Vault is no longer the way you saw it before. No Scourge NPCs are in the area. Instead the Ebon Blade NPCs have made Shadow Vault your new Inn.

You will find the Quartermaster inside the building, to the west. Wearing the Ebon Blade tabard gives you extra reputation gain in any level 80 dungeon run.

Bosses in Heroic Dungeons throughout Northrend (Wrath of the Lich King expansion) drop Emblem of Heroism. You can redeem these tokens at the Emblem of Heroism Quartermaster. You can find them in Dalaran: either Magistrix Lambriesse in The Sunreaver’s Sanctuary (Horde); or Arcanist Ivrenne in The Silver Enclave (Alliance).

Below you can browse through the items available. I divided them into categories: Waist, Trinket, Shoulder, Weapons, Neck. Pay close attention to the light-brown text on some of the items. Light-brown means that item is Bind on Account. Wrath of the Lich King expansion introduces items that you can mail to alt-characters in your account to level up faster. Say you have a level 22 character. You can mail him one of these Bind on Account items to increase their stats and to gain extra XP. You can use the BOA items from level 1 to 80.

The Kirin Tor Quartermaster Archmage Alvareaux may be found at the Violet Citadel in Dalaran. Just go to the second floor upstairs. Wearing the Kirin Tor tabard gives you extra reputation gain in any level 80 dungeon run.

The Wyrmrest Accord Quartermaster Cielstrasza may be found at top of the Wyrmrest Temple, same level as where you find Alexstrasza and Krasus. She stands next to Torastrasz. The Wyrmrest Temple is in the middle of the Dragonblight region. Wearing the Wyrmrest tabard gives you extra reputation gain in any level 80 dungeon run.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King introduces a new set of faction reputation-based gear sold by Quartermasters. What’s innovative? Tabards have an important role in increasing reputation with a faction. For as long as you wear a tabard, each time you run a level 80 dungeon, you get reputation points with that specific faction. According to Blizzard, soon tabards will no longer need to take bag space. There will be a special tab to store many tabards. This Blizzplanet section shows you the items you can obtain from each quartermaster. Instead of mouseover links, you can view the item stats in a single page.

The Argent Crusade Quartermaster Veteran Crusader Aliocha Segard may be found at The Argent Vanguard on the southeastern corner of Icecrown Glacier region. He stands not far from Tirion Fordring and the Ebon Watcher. You may find him below an open tent. By getting the Argent Crusade tabard you get extra reputation gain in any level 80 dungeon run.

The Orgrimmar Arena rises the line of sight and challenge mechanics a few notches. The first challenge for any player class is how close to the enemy you are at the beginning.

You are on a elevator the moment you are teleported into the random-generated map: Orgrimmar Arena. After the 60 seconds countdown, the elevator moves upwards to the Orgrimmar Arena. The enemy team is on another elevator that faces yours barely a few yards away. When the gates encasing the elevator come down, it is clobbering time right on the spot.

Rogues here are a danger having such a close range advantage. Casters would have to AOE immediately after the gates come down to avoid getting zapped/garroted by rogues. Warlocks can buff the team with detect invisibility.

Healers are really screwed in this map if everyone synchs to jump them when the gates come down. Be quick and alert.

On to the Line of Sight mechanics. On the back of your elevator is a circle on the ground. Healers are encouraged to step with their backs facing on the edge. Within few seconds, that circle will become a wooden pillar rising mechanically some 10 yards above the ground. A nice spot to keep you safe from melee players. You won’t stay up there for long, but enough to keep you alive a few seconds while healing (yourself or a team player); or DPS casting.

There are two more similar pillars one on each opposite side of map. You can run all the arena and force other players to chase. The second purpose of these unexpected pillars rising off the ground is to cause line of sight. Perfect to get rid of an annoying DPS caster/range player for a few seconds.

The other mechanic in this arena is the two lines that divide the center of the arena. If I were you, I wouldn’t get anywhere near them. Those lines switch on and off a fire. If you are caught when it is ablaze, you will get damage, plus some damage over time. Use it strategically to pull some melee players on it before it switches on. The fire can be used on another strategic way. For example, pull a melee player across the line. A healer will probably have a hard time reaching his teammate if the fire is up.

I know I suck in PvP, so don’t mind that. The video below is to show you the Orgrimmar Arena geography and its Line of Sight and Trap mechanics. Focus on that.